Lithuanian Foundation 50th Anniversary Contest
“LIETUVA, AŠ TURIU TAVE – LITHUANIA, YOU ARE MINE!”
Congratulations to “Lithuania, You Are Mine” contest winners!
A group
Winner:
Grantas Perevičius (Los Angeles, CA), drawing “Lithuania, You are Mine”.
Honorable mention:
Kajus Buikus (Elizabeth, NJ), drawing “I love Lithuania”;
Jonas Evans (IL), drawing “Lithuania, You Are Mine”;
A group of 1st grade students of the Gediminas Lithuanian Saturday School (Waukegan, IL), project – map of Lithuania;
Marta Glyvka (IL), drawing “Lithuania”;
Eglė Gustainytė (Kaunas, Lithuania), poem “My Lithuania”;
Monika Medina (IL), drawing (without a title);
Julija Murauskas (Elizabeth, NJ), project “My Tricolor”;
Greta Perevičiūtė (Los Angeles, CA), drawing “Lithuania, You Are Mine”.
B group
Winner:
Liepa Ivanauskaitė (Walpone, MA), musical composition “Little Flame of Lithuania”.
Honorable mention:
Simas Chacar-Palubinskas (Hohokus, NJ), essay “I Have You, Lithuania”;
Maya Chiapetta (Willow Springs, IL), picture “Lithuanianess everywhere”;
Andrius Dunčia (Newtown, PA), drawing „Lithuania, You Are Mine”;
Gintarė Meižys (Columbia, MD), drawing “I Have You, Lithuania”;
Adomas Psyhogios (IL), drawing “Lithuania”;
A group of 8th grade students of the St. Casimir Lithuanian Saturday School (Cleveland, OH), collage (using postage stamps) “Lithuania, You Are Mine”.
C group
Winner:
Ian Bačkis (Banfield, Argentina), video montage “Dance Group ‘Inkaras’ Is My Lithuania”.
Honorable mention:
Eglė Keturakytė (IL), canvas “I Am Giving To You”;
Monika Pūraitė (Kaunas, Lithuania), essay “Lithuania, You Are Mine”.
D group
Winner:
Erikas Vasiliauskas, MD (Manhattan Beach, CA), essay “Lithuanian Braille: The Dots That Connect Our Children With Their Heritage“.
Honorable mention:
Neila Baumilienė (Southhampton, NY), essay “Lithuania, You Are Mine”;
Lina Juozelskytė (Middleton, MA), pencil drawing “My Lithuania”;
Rima Sekovaitė (Perth Amboy, NJ), visual project “Spring”;
Andrius Vaicenavičius (UK), song “I Don’t Have Another Homeland”.
/Photos by Tauras Bublys/
Sponsors of the contest “Lietuva, as turiu Tave”-
Members of the LF Board, LF Officers, LF Audit Committee, LF Representatives and others:
Violeta Gedgaudiene, Rimas Griskelis, Vytautas and Grazina Kamantas, Marius Kasniunas, Rita Kisieliene, Daina Kojelyte, Dr. Daumantas Matulis, Leonas Narbutis, Vytas Narutis, Dalia Puskoriene, Dr. Antanas Razma, jr., Dr. Antanas Razma, sr., Milda Satiene, Algirdas, Saulis,, Dr. Donatas Siliunas, Arvydas Tamulis, Dalius Vasys.
The winners of each group will be awarded the following prizes:
- GROUP A – 4th grade or lower/Children 9 years of age and under: Nintendo Wii home video console (around $300);
- GROUP B – Children in 5-8th grade/10-14 years of age: Apple iPod touch (around $300);
- GROUP C – High school students/18 and under: Apple iPad (around $600);
- GROUP D – Adults/19 years of age and older: $700 check.
